Chapter 372: One Venerable, Three Saints, Seven Unrivaled (Minimum 4K words, plus 8 bonus chapters)

Li Hao carefully sensed and discovered that what was transforming was not his physical body, but rather the Saintly Path of the Flesh within his physical body!

His physical body had already reached the ultimate limit and had reached its end in the previous Dao-Law Realm. The reason why there was such a great transformation in his physical body becoming Saintly was the power of the Saintly Path, born from the physical body and contained within the myriad pores of the physical body.

At this moment, it was the transformation of the Saintly Path that caused the physical body to appear transformed.

If he were to experience Earthly Calamity and Heavenly Tribulation again, the Saintly Path would be further refined and elevated, and it would also make the physical body even more terrifying.

"Dao Calamity Emperor Weapon, nurtured by heaven and earth, Saintly Path Emperor Weapons are already difficult to injure me..."

Light flickered in Li Hao's eyes. At this moment, even Dao Calamity Emperor Weapons could only scratch his physical body, and they themselves would also be damaged. It was like two swords of equal strength clashing, both would be damaged!

Killing him carried the risk of damaging one's own Emperor Weapon!

At this moment, that Ancient Desolate Sky Feather transformed into a stream of light and flew back into the hands of the Hun Tian Saint. The radiant light on it receded, seeming to dissipate a lot. After it landed in his palm, the Hun Tian Saint only lowered his eyes to glance at it, then put it away, and then indifferently looked down at Li Hao:

"Since you can withstand this calamity, you are permitted to be listed among the Saintly Seats."

Having said that, his figure was surrounded by Great Dao, mist churned and swirled, concealing his figure, as if no longer paying attention.

Li Hao raised his head and stared for a moment, his brow furrowed. Although the other party had taken action, he could not sense any killing intent. It seemed they truly only wanted to teach him a lesson.

But he also felt something was amiss. This Hun Tian Saint's action, not only did not injure him, but actually helped him successfully overcome the tribulation. Moreover, this tribulation was extremely strong, with a Supreme Saint taking action and Dao Calamity Emperor Weapons as the tribulation. After overcoming it, his Saintly Path of the Flesh also underwent an extreme transformation, reaching a higher level.

If the other party truly harbored killing intent, this attack would have been far more than this. Although Li Hao had defeated the Buddha Venerable and Void Saint, and his power was surging, he was not yet confident in truly confronting a Supreme Saint.

Taking a deep look at that cloud of mist, Li Hao suppressed the many thoughts in his heart. Regardless of the Hun Tian Saint's reasons, he would eventually find out, and he also needed to be careful and prepared.

At this time, Source Ancestor saw that the Hun Tian Saint was no longer interfering, and glanced at that cloud of mist with a meaningful look. Then, he smiled at Li Hao and said:

"Congratulations,昊天(Hàotiān - I will keep this as Haotian as it's part of a name and sounds like a name), on ascending to the Saintly Seat. The Land of Saints will welcome a new Saint. From today onwards, I will announce it to all heavens!"

Li Hao nodded. This was a routine practice. When a Saint rises, all heavens will know.

However, knowing and remembering are two different things.

But, this time he rose to fame in the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle, and all heavens would remember.

If it were other Saints, when announcing to all heavens, they would also need to hold a Saintly Dao Discourse Meeting to allow all heavens to remember them and absorb their incense offerings.

Saints cultivate the Saintly Path, no longer through seclusion, but through mutual Dao discourse. Dao discourse is essentially martial artists sparring. Seemingly calm, it is actually full of variables and exceptionally dangerous. A moment of carelessness could lead to the fall of the Saintly Path!

Law Saint coldly glanced at Li Hao, obvious displeasure in his eyes, but he did not say much.

"Do you still want to participate in this Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle?"

Source Ancestor asked Li Hao.

These words also attracted the attention of many Saintly Sons and Saintly Daughters in the waiting area. Sparring on the same stage as a Saint? Even if they lost, it would be a matter of bringing glory to their ancestors.

"Naturally."

Li Hao said, "I can let them have the title of first place, but that incense offering and heavenly treasures, I want them!"

He spoke directly, but Source Ancestor smiled, also expecting Li Hao's answer:

"Reasonable. Now that you have ascended to the Saintly Seat, you no longer need to wait in the waiting area, lest you make those little fellows feel uneasy. Grant a seat in the Saintly Domain!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed towards the position where the Buddha Venerable had previously been seated.

The Buddha Venerable had fled in defeat with his Buddhist disciples, and the vacated space for invited Void guests was now available.

Seeing this, Li Hao was not polite. He nodded slightly to Source Ancestor, then turned around and came to that high altitude.

He sat upright here, and did not restrain his aura. At this moment, the boundary stones reflected the scene, and all heavens were watching, there was no need to hide anymore.

His aura flowed naturally, Great Dao surrounded him, and phenomena manifested.

The phenomena previously displayed by the Buddhist sect were crimson-gold Buddha light and lotuses blooming in the void. However, for Li Hao, who achieved Saintliness through the physical body, the phenomena around him were the phenomena manifested by various body refinement techniques, such as the Immovable Wisdom King, Flood Dragon Body, Supreme Elder Body, and so on.

These phenomena surrounded him, like deities and demons surrounding him, making the youth sitting in the center look particularly noble, like the master of deities and demons, a distinguished true god!

Seeing this scene, countless people's eyes shone with light. Many people had already secretly decided that when they returned to their small world divine dynasties, they would erect statues and build golden temples for this Haotian Saint, and offer incense offerings to him!

Offering incense offerings would also receive the Saint's protection.

Seeing Li Hao's naturally revealed power and prestige, many Saints slightly narrowed their eyes. They knew that this youth not only leaped to become a Saint in one bound, but his status was comparable to a Three Calamity Saint, second only to a Supreme Saint. In all heavens, he had a place!

In the waiting area, Qiu Tianlv and Xiao Tianyu and others had complex expressions. This youth had surpassed their previous lives in one leap. Not to mention they were now reincarnated bodies, even if they recovered their previous lives' strength, they could not match him.

In so many sessions of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle, it was the first time someone jumped from the contestant area to the Saintly viewing platform halfway through the competition, high above and overlooking everything.

Ji Xuanshen and Lin Qingying and others were all excited. They did not expect Li Hao to be able to resolve this terrible calamity. Facing the joint framing by two Three Calamity Saints, he also broke free and even blocked the Supreme Saint's attack.

That youth sitting peacefully seemed to have experienced thunder and fire tribulations, giving people a sense of Saintly majesty that was impossible to look directly at.

Bian Ruxue saw this scene, her eyes dazed. All these changes were too fast, and her emotions had fluctuated several times. Earlier, seeing Li Hao kill that Xu Yuan Saintly Son, she was anxious and could not help but blame him for being too barbaric. But now, Li Hao had resolved all kinds of calamities, ascended to the Saintly Seat, transcended the mortal realm in one leap, and from then on stepped into the highest sequence, even surpassing her master.

For her to cultivate to this level, according to her master, it would take several lifetimes.

Saints are difficult to cultivate, how could it be possible to reach the sky in one step? But before her eyes, Li Hao had truly reached the sky in one step.

Other Saints would even reincarnate to accumulate strength to avoid the Three Calamity tribulations.

It was extremely difficult to reach the height of a Three Calamity Saint. Even these monstrous talents in the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle would need to spend a very long time to possibly achieve it, even several reincarnations. If they were careless, they might even sink into reincarnation for ten or a hundred lifetimes!

"He has become a Saint..."

Bian Ruxue's eyes were lost, unable to imagine that the child in the courtyard more than twenty years ago had now leaped up and become a Saint between heaven and earth!

"Uncle, do you know, Brother Hao has become a Saint..."

Bian Ruxue murmured to herself. Coming to the Land of Saints, she finally knew how radiant and brilliant Saints were. But now, that endless glory had fallen on that youth.

The ultimate sword she was pursuing seemed to also be in the other party's hands.

The previous extreme sword shadow, transcending the mortal world and not appearing in the world, was casually unleashed by the other party.

The high mountain she was climbing, it turned out that the scenery at the top of the mountain would be him...

It turned out that scenery had always been by her side.

She stepped into the Sword Lodge, pursued the sword path, became a disciple of the Sword Saint, experienced everything, and finally when she raised her eyes and looked up, it was that figure left behind, never looking back, sitting peacefully at the summit.

Bian Ruxue bit her lip, blood oozing out in strands at the edge of her lips. The slightly sweet and bitter blood was not as empty and lost as her heart, nor was it as painful as words could describe.

She suddenly remembered that when she practiced swordsmanship as a child, and was bitten by mosquitoes, it was him who drove away the mosquitoes for her.

He did not practice swordsmanship, but when she practiced swordsmanship, that child's bright eyes would always reveal a gentle smile, as if admiring, or praising.

So she was particularly motivated to practice swordsmanship. She wanted to rely on the sword in her hand to repay the kindness of being fostered, and also to retaliate against the gazes of those adults, to defend him in front of him with the sword in her hand, and to cut through all storms for him.

But she did not know when, these original thoughts had been forgotten.

Bian Ruxue's eyes suddenly became wet. She suddenly realized that the kindness she wanted to repay had never been repaid.

The wind and snow he had endured, she had never blocked even half of it for him.

Even, she had become one of those storms.

"My sword path, too heartless..."

Bian Ruxue lowered her head and looked at the sword at her waist. On her face as pure as ice and snow, crystal tears slid down.

At the same time, as Li Hao ascended to the Saintly Seat, Source Ancestor signaled to the Saint in charge of the大会(Dàhuì - Grand Meeting/Tournament), and the Heavenly Pride Battle continued.

The battle stage was repaired, and the formation was condensed again. The other contestants had recovered from this Saintly battle, and successively took to the stage.

However, after the Saintly battle, although the battles of these heavenly prides were fierce, they were no longer able to cause public exclamations. It was like having finished a grand meal, leaving only some after-dinner snacks.

Although Li Hao was also in the rankings, his opponent was very sensible and directly conceded.

As the top ten list was released, Li Hao was naturally and deservedly ranked among them. Compared to his ranking, Li Hao was more concerned about Ji Xuanshen and their ranks.

Unfortunately, Ji Xuanshen and other Ji family heavenly prides all lost and were ranked outside the top ten. Chi Guang entered the top ten, and Lin Shuhai seemed to have bad luck, losing and being ranked outside the top ten.

Lin Qingying was also ranked outside the top ten, but with more wins, she was ranked in the top twenty.

Lin Qingying was very satisfied with her ranking. Seeing Li Hao looking over, she smiled at him.

After the top ten ended, there was still a three-day rest period before competing for first place.

However, this time the first place was predetermined, with no suspense. But the second and third places had a lot of controversy.

The Saints dispersed. Some Saints, before leaving, sent voice transmissions to Li Hao, inviting Li Hao to go to their Saintly Lands for tea tasting.

Li Hao only exchanged a few polite words. He knew that these Saints wanted to invite him to join their Saintly Lands to boost their prestige. But if he were to join a Saintly Land, he would only join Old Feng's Dao-Stealing Saintly Land.

"Haotian, please come with me."

When the meeting was dismissed, Source Ancestor sent a voice transmission to Li Hao.

Li Hao looked towards him, vaguely sensing that other Supreme Saints were also watching him. He could not help but flicker his eyes, vaguely guessing the reason.

He nodded slightly, saw Old Feng's solemn eyes, showed him a reassuring expression, and then got up and followed the Supreme Saints away.

They came to the Source Saintly Cave Heaven of Source Ancestor's Saintly Land. Apart from Li Hao, all present were Supreme Saints, including Medicine Saint, Hun Tian Saint, Law Saint, Mo Family Supreme Saint, and so on.

"Yuan Zhou told me about your ambush on the road. That Buddha Venerable and Void Saint are too reckless!"

Mo Family Supreme Saint said to Li Hao.

He looked like a middle-aged man, with a square face, peculiar appearance, and a small mustache.

At this moment, all the Supreme Saints had restrained their auras, and no longer had phenomena manifesting around them.

Li Hao heard the words of Mo Family Supreme Saint, only smiled slightly. This matter was already known long ago, and they were not seen speaking out before. It was unknown whether the persuasiveness of the Buddha's heart oath was too strong, or they were unwilling to intervene and meddle in other people's affairs.

Now saying these words of goodwill to him was mainly because he was now at the table, and secondly because of the reason Source Ancestor called him over.

Law Saint frowned slightly when he heard the words of Mo Family Supreme Saint, and said:

"Ambush? What ambush?"

"Buddha Venerable and Void Saint intercepted and ambushed Haotian halfway, not wanting him to come to the competition."

Mo Family Supreme Saint said.

Law Saint's face changed slightly, and anger flashed in his eyes: "Simply outrageous!"

Saying that, he did not look at Li Hao, but just said with a solemn face: "These days I have been comprehending the Heavenly Dao, and have not managed these matters. They are becoming more and more lawless!"

Li Hao heard Law Saint's words, and did not make any statement. He knew that this was Law Saint's Saintly Path. If he saw someone breaking the law, it was equivalent to provoking his Saintly Path, and he would definitely take action. It had nothing to do with him, it was purely to defend his own Saintly Path.

However, Mo Family Supreme Saint saying these words was equivalent to informing Law Saint. If he was unaware, then it was fine, but if he knew, he must deal with it.

But Law Saint dealing with it was also acting according to the law, not achieving the effect Li Hao wanted. His own revenge would be personally avenged.

Other Saints all looked at Li Hao. They did not expect that this youth had experienced such dangers on the way here. Compared to other Saintly Sons coming to participate in the competition, who were all cared for by their teachers, only needing to compete with peace of mind, this one still had to guard against Saintly assassinations.

However, they were not surprised by the actions of Buddha Venerable and Void Saint. If they were enemies with such a monstrous talent, they would also eliminate him as soon as possible.

It was just that they had cultivated to the Supreme Saintly position, and almost nothing could shake their position, so they did not get involved in these worldly matters.

The so-called rich nurture conscience. When rich, one appears generous. Poor people are hungry and cold, and life is hard, so they do not have the surplus strength to give to others.

Source Ancestor looked at Li Hao, and smiled slightly: "The matter of the Buddhist sect and Void Saint will naturally have an explanation. Today I asked you to come here, I want to talk to you about the Sixth Extreme Realm."

Li Hao thought, as expected, nodded and said: "Source Ancestor please speak."

Seeing Li Hao's expression, Source Ancestor knew that many preludes were unnecessary. He smiled and said: "It seems you also know that secret. This is indeed not some top-secret news. The establishment of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle is for this matter."

Seeing Source Ancestor mentioning the main topic, the eyes of the Supreme Saints all flickered slightly, staring at Li Hao.

If there was anything else that could make them change color and be moved, there was only one thing, and that was to transcend the Saintly Path and reach the legendary Eternal Immortal God Realm!

Even Saints would decay, unable to truly live as long as heaven and earth.

"The Land of Saints once had traces of Immortal Gods, but later Immortal Gods became extinct. When I cultivated to become a Saint, I once searched for the Immortal Path, but the Immortal Path was broken. Although the power in this realm is rich, it is like a closed egg, sealed. The creatures in this realm will sooner or later slowly perish, until it becomes a dead realm!"

Source Ancestor said, "When heaven and earth greatly decline, it will also be the end of this realm. This day will not be too far away. We have been searching for a way out, and finally found one."

"Heaven and earth greatly decline?"

Li Hao was slightly stunned when he heard his words.

"That's right, the sun, moon and stars will all decay. This heaven and earth is also the same. When you overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, you will have some sense of it. Heaven and earth is slowly decaying." Source Ancestor said.

Li Hao understood in his heart. This was similar to the extinction of stars. Even the stars of the universe would have a moment when their energy was exhausted. It was the same principle.

"We have explored an ancient hall. In that ancient hall, there is a path to Immortal Gods, but it needs the full opening of the Extreme Realm to open it. Therefore, we need your help."

Source Ancestor said to Li Hao.

Li Hao knew that the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle was a path for heavenly prides to leap over the dragon gate, but for the Supreme beings, it was just searching for a key from the sea.

Now, this key had been found.

"Okay, but I hope to bring other friends with me at that time."

Li Hao said.

He knew that even as a Saint, he had no ability to resist this matter, and could only comply. Fortunately, compared to the previous Dao-Law Realm where he was at their mercy, now he had the qualification to negotiate.

Seeing Li Hao agree, Source Ancestor was not surprised, and nodded:

"That is natural. Saints from all heavens will likely not miss such a grand event. However, the environment in that ancient hall is treacherous. Now it is shrouded in tribulation clouds. According to calculations, in three years, when the tribulation clouds dissipate, it will be the most suitable time for us to enter."

"Okay."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, and he agreed readily.

Three years, what he lacked was time. These three years were just right.

Moreover, he did not know much about that mysterious ancient hall, and could just take this opportunity to collect more intelligence, lest he truly be used as a tool.

"Since you agree, then it is agreed to meet in three years. Everyone will gather in Tianyuan Realm at that time."

Source Ancestor smiled lightly: "Then we will explore the ancient hall together, and step onto that Immortal God Path together."

Other Supreme Saints also showed smiles on their faces. Even Law Saint, whose expression was always solemn, revealed a glimmer of light in his eyes.

"Haotian, how did you cultivate your Sixth Extreme Realm? Can you tell us about the process?"

At this time, Yin Yang Supreme Saint suddenly spoke.

Hearing his words, the eyes of other Supreme Saints also fell on Li Hao.

Li Hao immediately had a feeling of being stared at by a pack of wolves. The Saintly Path in his body involuntarily flowed. His face was calm, and he said:

"It is purely a matter of chance. This Extreme Realm I call Immortalization. One needs to comprehend heaven and earth, and seek the commonality of all things in heaven and earth."

He knew that if he did not say something, it would be difficult to dispel these prying eyes. Since that was the case, he would throw the problem back to them and let them comprehend it themselves.

Whether they could comprehend it or not would depend on their own abilities.

But Li Hao knew that the more anxious one was, the harder it would be to cultivate.

Exploring the Immortal God Path in three years required the power of the Immortalization Extreme Realm. These Supreme Saints mostly wanted to master it themselves, lest they be controlled by relying on Li Hao's hand. Li Hao could also understand this.

But sharing for free was absolutely impossible.

"Then what is the commonality of all things in heaven and earth?"

Yin Yang Supreme Saint asked.

Li Hao frowned, sneered in his heart, but his expression was calm and said: "Everyone is a Supreme Saint, and has their own understanding of all things. In the eyes of Buddhism, flowers are not flowers, leaves are not leaves. In the eyes of the Dao-Stealing Sect, all things are fleeting clouds, can be taken or discarded. The commonality of all things in heaven and earth is different in everyone's eyes. It depends on everyone's own insights."

Yin Yang Supreme Saint fell into thought, frowned, and stared at Li Hao.

He knew that Li Hao would not easily tell, but these words could not be faulted.

The eyes of other Supreme Saints flickered, and none of them said anything more. They had studied the Sixth Extreme Realm for many years, and had long since realized that this Sixth Extreme Realm required peeking into the truth of heaven and earth, and reaching the extreme peak of the Heaven-Man Realm.

And the extreme peak of the Heaven-Man Realm was to comprehend all things in heaven and earth. Therefore, the question Li Hao raised, they all knew, but they did not know the answer.

They followed their own path to peek and comprehend, and the answers they summed up were not correct.

"Heaven and earth has reincarnation, all things have vicissitudes. Everyone, please seek the answer yourselves."

Source Ancestor spoke, these words had a profound meaning, cutting off some of the Supreme Saints' improper thoughts.

Li Hao heard Source Ancestor's advice to the Supreme Saints in his words. His eyes flickered slightly. Sure enough, dealing with these Supreme Saints, one must be careful and cautious. After all, they had already cultivated to the Supreme Realm, belonging to existences who feared nothing in heaven or earth. If they really had malicious thoughts, it would be difficult to restrain them, unless other Supreme Saints took action to restrain them.

Thinking of this, Li Hao felt that he must overcome the Three Calamities as soon as possible within these three years.

When that time came, he would see how to reach the Supreme Saintly path.

As the three-year agreement was made, the Supreme Saints and Li Hao also bid farewell and left Source Ancestor's cave.

Li Hao returned to the courtyard. News came from Source Ancestor's Saintly Land that they wanted to arrange a Saintly residence for him, but Li Hao refused. He would stay for a few more days until the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle ended, and then leave. There was no need to move again.

Outside the small courtyard, Li Hao saw Old Feng, and his mood suddenly relaxed, and he smiled:

"Old Feng, why are you waiting for me here? Why don't you come in and sit down."

"Waiting for you. Those Supreme Saints didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

Feng Boping said with a smile, his eyes carrying love and sigh. The boy from the mortal world of the past had now completely grown up, and could sit on equal footing with him.

Although Li Hao was only a One Calamity Saint, his combat power was extraordinary. Even Three Calamity Saints might not be his opponents, second only to Supreme Saints. He could be said to have reached the sky in one step.

"No, they just talked about the ancient hall, and going to seek the Immortal Path in three years."

Li Hao invited Old Feng into the courtyard, casually released a Saintly Path barrier to envelop it, and told Old Feng about this matter.

Feng Boping nodded slightly, "I also expected that they would look for you for this. Among the Saints of all heavens, only you have mastered the Sixth Extreme Realm. When the time comes, the barrier of that ancient hall will still need you to break it. However, at that time, on that Immortal God Path, I don't know how many Saintly Paths will fall, and how many dry bones will be buried..."

Speaking of this, his eyes became heavy.

That path was related to Immortal Gods. At that time, it was unknown whether it would be peaceful cooperation, or mutual competition. Everything was hard to say.

"Is Old Feng going at that time?"

Li Hao asked.

Feng Boping glanced at Li Hao. Originally, he planned to wait until he had protected Li Hao until he grew up, and then go for revenge. Now that Li Hao had become a Saint, he had no more worries in his heart, and smiled:

"I won't go. Three years... short in a way, long in a way. Let's talk about it when the time comes."

He changed the subject, and said: "Now that you have become a Saint, do you plan to establish your own Saintly Land, or join another Saintly Land?"

Li Hao saw him ask this, and knew that he intended to win him over, and smiled: "I have no relatives or reasons. Building a Saintly Land is also empty and无人(wúrén - uninhabited/deserted). If Old Feng's Dao-Stealing Saintly Land is still short of people, I will follow Old Feng."

Feng Boping's eyes changed slightly. The four words 无亲无故(wúqīn wúgù - no relatives or reasons) made him slightly silent, and then said: "Dao-Stealing Saintly Land... if you don't mind, in the future, if those little fellows of Dao-Stealing Saintly Land have nowhere to go, I hope you can keep them under your wing and protect them a little."

"Hmm?"

Li Hao was surprised. What did these words mean?

Feng Boping saw Li Hao's surprised expression, and immediately did not say more, and smiled:

"In my opinion, you should still build your own Saintly Land. Choose a small world with a good environment. Although building your own Saintly Land will inevitably lead to exclusion from Saintly Lands in other small worlds, there is such a process. All things compete, heaven and earth is also the same. Flowers compete for pollen, fallen leaves compete for wind. Cultivating between heaven and earth, going against the current, one can only compete. Even Saints cannot escape it."

Li Hao was slightly silent. Compete?

This compete, is the compete of struggle. If there is competition, there will be struggle.

Saints compete with each other, Saints also fight with each other.

"Maybe."

Li Hao said in a low voice.

Heaven and earth has flaws, with flaws, there will be competition for flawlessness.

But is there really flawlessness?

There is no flawlessness.

Since there is no flawlessness, what is the meaning of competition?

Time flew by, and three days passed in a blink of an eye.

The Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle also proceeded to the most intense moment of the past, the top ten competing for first place.

However, this session was different from previous sessions. This first place had no suspense. When they saw Li Hao appear and sit high in the sky, many people could not help but sigh. Such a situation was truly unprecedented.

That youth had successively broken conventions, created myths, and could be called the most dazzling star of the era.

Qiu Tianlv, Xiao Tianyu and other top ten contestants successively arrived at the scene, and involuntarily looked towards Li Hao sitting high in the sky, their eyes slightly changing.

This first place belonged to the other party, and the incense offering and heavenly treasures would naturally also fall into the other party's hands.

Without such rewards, the competition for the nominal second and third places was somewhat uninteresting to them.

Although the atmosphere at the scene was not high, the Heavenly Pride Battle still proceeded as usual.

As time passed, the most intense confrontation among them was undoubtedly the duel between Qiu Tianlv and Xiao Tianyu. Their extreme realms manifested, Saintly Path power erupted, and they both projected the power of their previous lives, fighting with real fire. In the end, Xiao Tianyu was slightly better, and won second place!

When it came to the final battle, Li Hao landed on the stage. Xiao Tianyu smiled bitterly and bowed his head in surrender.

As Li Hao took the stage, the atmosphere at the scene was ignited again. Although they knew Li Hao would not take action, the cheers were louder than ever.

Sensing Li Hao's fiery popularity, many Saints narrowed their eyes. If Li Hao had not taken the path of sacrifice, just this旺盛(wàngshèng - vigorous/flourishing) popularity, the incense offerings would certainly not be small, and would rapidly climb.

Source Ancestor came forward and personally presented Li Hao with the rewards of the Supreme Heavenly Pride.

Three heavenly treasures and a portion of incense offering for becoming a Saint.

This incense offering was sealed in a golden body. One only needed to engrave their own divine sense on the golden body to obtain the incense offering sealed inside.

Li Hao put away all the items, and did not absorb them on the spot. If he was still in the Dao-Law Realm, he would choose to become a Saint on the spot, and rapidly increase his strength to gain the power to protect himself. But now there was no need for this.

Even if he held up the golden body in his hand, no one dared to peep or covet it. The Supreme Saints who had the ability to compete for it did not lack this bit of incense offering.

Many heavenly prides looked at the golden body incense offering in Li Hao's hand, envy showing in their eyes. This was what they had been painstakingly pursuing, an opportunity to become a Saint on the spot!

The Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle also came to an end from this point.

Saints from all heavens took their heavenly prides and returned.

Countless people who came to Tianyuan Realm also embarked on the road of return, but on the way, they inevitably talked about the various shocking news of this time.

Source Ancestor did not announce on the spot that this session of the Heavenly Pride Battle in this realm was the last session. Li Hao knew that Source Ancestor and their minds were all on the exploration of the Immortal God Path three years later. If the exploration was successful, they would not have the mind to manage the affairs of this Land of Saints. If it was not successful, then they would continue to hold it.

Li Hao took the Supreme rewards and followed Old Feng and Lie Heaven Saint, and returned to the Dao-Stealing Saintly Land in the Small Thousand Realm.

He was not in a hurry to go to the Buddhist sect and Void Saintly Land to pursue and kill. Those were their territories, with the blessing of Saintly Domain incense offerings, they would be even more powerful. Even if he could defeat them, he could not kill them.

There were two ways to kill them. The first was to improve his body technique and swordsmanship, relying on brute force to suppress them, and then imprison and seal the Saintly Path to refine it.

The second way was to go to their door and start a Saintly Dao Discourse with them.

Improving body technique and swordsmanship, for Li Hao, would take at least one or two years. In comparison, Saintly Dao Discourse, he already had a clue.

Previously, when his physical body became Saintly, many sealed memories also emerged. In his heart, he also had a direction for his own Dao Discourse scriptures, and he would definitely be able to suppress and kill Buddha Venerable and Void Saint.

But he still needed to go back and sort out his thoughts first.

As the many viewers on Tianyuan Realm returned to various places, Li Hao's reputation also completely spread throughout the heavens and worlds.

Time passed.

Three months after the end of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle, several pieces of news spread out one after another.

Source Ancestor's personal disciple, Xiao Tianyu, suddenly realized and became a Saint!

Law Saint's disciple, Qiu Tianlv, closely matched his previous life's Saintly Path, and also broke through the Saintly threshold.

In addition, Bai Yuan of the Famous School also broke the shackles and returned to his previous life's Saintly Seat!

In just a few months, three Saints were born one after another, and the news shocked the heavens.

Apart from them, others in the top ten of the Heavenly Pride Battle also made no small progress.

A legend spread from the Yun Que Tower, which mastered many intelligence.

One Venerable, Three Saints, Seven Unrivaled!

All born in this session of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle.

That one Venerable, was Haotian Venerable.

The three Saints, were Heaven and Earth Chronology Saint, Saintly Source Xiao Saint, and the Famous Dao Bai Saint who would be remembered for ages.

Three Saints returned to their seats, one Venerable reached the summit!

The seven unrivaled, were the seven unrivaled beneath the Saints, all climbed to the peak of Half-Saint, only lacking incense offerings to become Saints!

Every session of the Heavenly Pride Battle ended, and for decades afterwards, it would be the legends of those who became famous in that Heavenly Pride Battle, making all kinds of shocking deeds.

This session was no exception. Many people were closely following the intelligence of the top ten of this Heavenly Pride Battle.

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Canglan Realm, in the Buddhist Saintly Land.

In a dark room of a Buddhist hall, three figures sat upright here.

Sitting in the center was Buddha Venerable, on the right was Green Lamp Buddha, and on the left, was the double-faced Buddha Child in a dark black cassock.

Now, the aura emanating from him was also a Saintly aura, but he had not yet overcome calamity tribulations.

Since Li Hao defeated Buddha Venerable, his inner demon took root to the extreme, but suddenly had a kind of epiphany. He strongly sought the unity of Buddha and Demon, therefore wanted to cut off the Demon. But now the Demon could not be cut off, so he embarked on another path.

Cut off Buddha nature!

From then on, he completely fell into the Demonic Path, and now became a Demon Venerable.

And at this moment, although he was full of demonic Qi, he still wore a cassock, and was in the same room with Buddha Venerable and Green Lamp Buddha.

"In half a year, it will be the Saintly Dao Discourse Meeting. Saints from all heavens will come, and it will also be the last chance to诛杀(zhūshā - execute/kill) this son!"

Buddha Venerable opened his eyes, and slowly whispered.

The Saintly Dao Discourse Meeting was extremely grand, it was a grand meeting for Saints from all heavens to communicate and spar.

Every session of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle ended, it would be held as scheduled. Saints from all heavens could verify their Saintly Paths with each other, exchange ideas, and private grievances and grudges could also be resolved at this Dao Discourse Meeting, to avoid Saintly confrontation and harming innocent people.

At this meeting, Supreme Saints would also come in person to preach the Dao. Its grand scale was even greater than the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle.

The Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle only attracted the eyes of countless heavenly prides, while the Saintly Dao Discourse Meeting, Half-Saints from all heavens would break their heads to participate.

Listening to Saintly Dao Discourse, if they could stimulate enlightenment, they could also take this opportunity to improve their Saintly Path prototype in one step. Just needing to cooperate with incense offerings, they could leap to become Saints in one bound.

"The path he takes is Hun Tian Saint's physical body becoming Saintly. It is extremely difficult to kill him through power. Even Saints need to use real power. The only flaw is his Saintly Path!"

"First break his Saintly Path, and that physical body will fall apart without being attacked!"

The core of a Saint lies in the Saintly Path. If the Saintly Path is destroyed, it is equivalent to the foundation being destroyed, and the remaining power will all decline.

Green Lamp Buddha heard Buddha Venerable's words, and was slightly silent. He had also heard about the events of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle. He did not expect such a sudden change to happen.

In recent days, the Buddhist incense offerings had been cut off, and the after-effects of the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle began to appear.

However, if at this Saintly Dao Discourse Meeting, that Haotian was suppressed and killed, and his Saintly heart was broken through Dao Discourse, then everything could be reversed again.

What is Dao Discourse? Mutual verification. The winner convinces people, and the loser is not commented on.

"He has just become a Saint, and has only experienced one calamity. There are only flaws in his Saintly Path. That Hun Tian Saint took action to help him overcome the tribulation, seemingly targeting him, but in fact secretly helped him!"

Green Lamp Buddha's eyes flickered, and he whispered.

The double-faced Buddha Child's eyes flashed with cold fierceness from time to time, and said: "That Hun Tian Saint was targeting him everywhere before, clearly wanting to put him to death, but now he has helped him overcome the tribulation, and his physical body is comparable to Dao Calamity Emperor Weapons. Except for Supreme Saints, it is basically difficult to injure or kill him. It is simply ruining things!"

Previously, when Buddha Venerable went to Tianyuan Realm, he did not carry the Buddhist treasures, that Dao Calamity Emperor Weapon, so he did not have the means to kill Li Hao.

But now that Li Hao had overcome this calamity, even if Dao Calamity Emperor Weapons were dispatched, it would be difficult to kill him.

"You think Hun Tian Saint is helping him, but in fact he is helping himself."

Green Lamp Buddha said: "That Hun Tian Saint is a great demon and fierce beast from the same era as Source Ancestor, absorbing endless essence to cultivate. He became a Saint through physical body transformation, taking the path of nourishment. Obviously, he regards that Haotian as a great tonic. This secret help is to prevent him from falling into our hands. When that Haotian overcomes the Three Calamities, he will definitely take action and swallow him in one bite. From then on, he may surpass Source Ancestor and reach the extreme of Supreme Saints!"

Hearing Green Lamp Buddha's words, Buddha Venerable and double-faced Buddha Child were both stunned. They did not expect Hun Tian Saint to have such intentions.

In the Buddhist sect, Green Lamp Buddha's age was the most ancient. Although the Buddhist sect was presided over by Buddha Venerable, Green Lamp Buddha was the strongest Saint in the Buddhist sect, and his words were also extremely persuasive.

After all, in terms of seniority, Green Lamp Buddha was only slightly later than Source Ancestor by ten thousand years.

And Source Ancestor, as the most ancient Saint, the number of means, the strength of foundation, no one dared to easily touch and explore.

"If it were not for considering Hun Tian Saint, when that Haotian returned to Dao-Stealing Saintly Land, I would personally go to his door for Dao Discourse. Even if he avoids seeing me, this news spreading out will also damage his reputation and boost the prestige of my Buddhist sect. But if he agrees, Hun Tian Saint will not sit idly by."

Green Lamp Buddha said in a low voice: "At the Dao Discourse Meeting, Saints from all heavens will be present. Hun Tian Saint wants to protect him, and secretly protect his great tonic also will be in vain. Law Saint will block him for us. This is the last chance."

Buddha Venerable nodded slightly, he had also considered this point.

"But if he does not come..." Double-faced Buddha Child frowned, but was worried.

He knew that that youth was by no means reckless, seemingly arrogant, but in fact extremely steady.

"If he does not come, we will personally go to Small Thousand Realm to invite him."

Buddha Venerable's eyes flashed with cold light. In this way, even if the other party did not come, his reputation would be ruined in all heavens, and the Buddhist incense offerings could also be reconnected.

At the same time, in Void Saintly Land.

Since the end of the Heavenly Pride Battle, Void Saintly Land had been sealed off by Law Saint, and incense offerings were cut off.

The entire Void Saintly Land, up and down, had suffered heavy losses, and many disciples chose to leave the sect.

After all, a thousand years of sealing was too much of a blow to a Saintly Land. Many disciples who had just joined the sect could not bear to waste a thousand years of time here.

Now, Void Saintly Land looked somewhat desolate and desolate.

In contrast, the Primordial Saintly Land on the other side was lively and prosperous. The heavenly prides in the sect, Ji Xuanshen, Mingyue Sword and others, all became famous in the Supreme Heavenly Pride Battle, bringing great fame to the Saintly Land.

"If my Saintly Path can go further, break the void, and touch the long river of time, I will definitely reverse time, and grind that damned little畜生(chùshēng - beast/animal, derogatory term) to ashes!"

In the depths of Void Saintly Land, in a place like an altar, Void Saint's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said.

Beside him, there were also two Saints of Void Saintly Land. One of them had just overcome Earthly Calamity, and the other was Void Saint's master.

"Killing a Dao-Law Realm body with a clone is already the limit. This matter is not your fault."

At this moment, the old man who looked over seventy years old, Void Ancestor, slowly said.

His eyes were narrow and long, and his whites of eyes were large, making his eyes look deep and sharp.

Twelve years ago, when Void Saint killed Li Hao, and that Dao Saint came to the Saintly Land for revenge, it was he who personally came forward and seriously injured him, driving him back.

"His physical body is already invincible. Except for Supreme Saints, no one can injure him. That Hun Tian Saint's intentions..."

Void Ancestor narrowed his eyes, and a sneer seemed to appear. But he could not manage the actions of Supreme Saints, and only said: "But although the physical body is strong, the Saintly Path is still a One Calamity Saint, just becoming a Saint. When the Dao Discourse Meeting comes, I will call on my old friends, and take turns to have Dao Discourse with him, to let his Saintly Path be destroyed!"

"Even if Hun Tian Saint can stop us, he cannot stop Saints from all heavens!"

Speaking of this, killing intent appeared in his eyes.

The Void Path they cultivated, unlike the Buddhist hypocrisy, killing still needed to be disguised by other remarks. They did not need to hide the killing intent in their hearts at all.

Saints regard all things as straw dogs, life or death, all are in their own thoughts.

Void Saint heard the words, and light appeared in his eyes. Previously, his primordial spirit escaped back, and almost only the Saintly Path was left to be reincarnated. Fortunately, that little boy had just become a Saint, and had no experience in killing enemies.

In Small Thousand Realm.

In Dao-Stealing Saintly Land.

Feng Boping looked at Li Hao sitting upright in the courtyard, his whole body surrounded by Great Dao, and shock appeared in his eyes.

If he had not used Saintly Path to seal off the entire courtyard, he was afraid that the Great Dao revealed here would be enough to illuminate the entire Small Thousand Realm.

He knew that Li Hao was perfecting the Saintly Path in his heart, but this movement was a bit terrifyingly large.

"The Dao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao..."

Li Hao slowly opened his eyes, and an ancient Dao scripture emerged from the depths of his brain memory, word by word, clear and distinct.

This was what he had read in his spare time in his previous life. In the depths of his memory, he originally thought it had long been forgotten, but after his physical body became Saintly, it clearly emerged again.

And looking at it again with Li Hao's current wisdom, he found that this Dao scripture actually contained the ultimate truth of heaven and earth. If one could comprehend it, one could directly reach the Heavenly Dao!

As he whispered a sentence, a large number of poetry and book experiences suddenly jumped out before his eyes.

(End of chapter)